Dan Noble drove 10 winners on a single card at Northfield Park for the second time in a month on Wednesday, Dec. 30.
With the feat, Noble became the second driver to take 10 in a night twice at Northfield, tying Walter Case Jr. He reached double digits for the first time on Nov. 30.
The biggest contributor to the dominant performance was the barn of Cory Deyermand, who provided him three winners: Ballistic ($6.40) in the third race, Sparrow Hanover ($3.80) in the seventh, and Oblivion Express ($2.10), who ensured Noble would reach the 10-win mark with a romp in the finale.
Noble struck first in the opener, scoring with Mark Headworth’s R Maddy Blue Chip ($5.80), then won the third with Ballistic before kicking off a five-race streak in the fifth. He drove John Wengerd trainees Senor Soldado ($3.40) and Tts Magnum Force ($2.40) to victories, then won with Sparrow Hanover, Susan Miller's Dont Let Em Party ($9.20) and Gerald Miller's Tells Super Star ($2.40) in succession.
Wins eight and nine came in back-to-back fashion as he captured the 11th and 12th races with Renae Loney’s Be A Lucky Star ($2.60) and Peter Stratton’s Resolute Bay ($5.80), respectively. He wrapped up the historic night while lowering the curtain on the 2025 season at Northfield as he and Oblivion Express won the 15th race.
Noble’s 10 wins put his seasonal total at 713, good for third in North America behind perennial leader Aaron Merriman and U.S. Driver of the Year Jason Bartlett. While recording the second-best win tally of his 26-year career, he set a new personal best in earnings with more than $12.7 million. He now has 8,557 lifetime wins in 46,192 starts.
(Standardbred Canada)